Ironing-table.



No. 664,I22. Patented nee. l8, I900.

G. W. BUSS.

IRONING TABLE. (N l ud (Application filed. June 8, 1900.)

UNITE STATES PATENT QFFICE.

GEORGE -W. BUSS, OF CANTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

., lRONlNG-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,122, dated December 18, 1900.

Application filed June 8, 1900.

To all whom, it may concern: I

Beit known that I, GEORGE W. Buss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton,

county of Norfolk, State of Massachusetts,

' have invented an Improvement in Ironingtheir structure crossed legs united in pairs,

said crossed legs being pivoted between their ends one on or with relation to the other, the 1 upper ends of each pair extending above the pivotal point of the pairs and forming a support for the table-top. In tables of this class the top is conveniently pivotally joined in any suitable manner to the upper ends of one pair of legs, the under side of the top of the table between its free end and its pivotal point resting upon the upper ends of the other pair of legs, which are generally shorter than the first-mentioned pair, the upper ends of said short pair of legs occupying a position more or less near the pivotal point of the table, according to the height of the table from the fioor.

It is the object of my invention to improve this class of tables by providing them with a novel form of holding means for the legs, whereby the legs are not only held in any adjusted position, but they are also braced and so tied together as to prevent them from giving or yielding when the table is in use, ghereby thetable is rendered exceedingly In accordance with my invention I have provided the crossed legs below their pivotal point with leg-holding means, represented as a cord, which may be of wire or textile material, said cord uniting the lower ends of those legs of each pair which are on the same side of the table, the central portion of such cord being adapted to be connected with an adjusting device at various points of its length, so that by varying the point of connection with said adjusting device the lower ends of the legs resting on the floor may be permitted to spread more or less, according to the height desired for the top of the table.

By virtue of my improvements the legs Serial No. 19,511. (No model.)

when spread are maintained open by the weight of the table irrespective of the position of the top, and pressure on the top, as in ironing, simply seats the ends of the legs more firmly on the floor and serves to brace and hold them against yielding or springing.

Figure 1 in side elevation represents a table embodying my invention, one of the legs being partially broken away to show the con,- nection of the loop of the cord with the adjusting means. Fig. 2 shows the table folded, and Fig. 3 shows the table in elevation looking at it from the right in Fig. 1.

The table illustrated in the drawings is composed of two legs a, united as a pair by means of rungs a, and the two legs I), united by rungs b, and the top (I. The legs a are longer than the legs b and have jointed to their upper ends, above the pivotal point 0 of the two pairs of legs, the top d, said top turning on suitable journals d, the upper ends of the legs I) when spread constituting a support for the top between its pivotal point on the legs a and its free end, and the point of support of the said legs I) on or with relation to the top varying according to the distance that the lower ends of the crossed legs are spread apart.

The table thus far described constitutes no part of my present invention and has merely been selected to illustrate one convenient way in which my invention may be applied.

My invention relates solely to the holding means for the crossed legs, such holding means operating to determine the distance that the lower ends of the legs may spread apart and also serving to brace and prevent the legs from yielding when the table is in use.

The leg-holding means shown by me consist, essentially, of a cord e, which may be either of textile material or wire. Having cut the cord to the proper length, I double the same and apply the looped end of the cord, as herein shown, in one of the notches f of the adjusting device or bar f, which is preferably carried by one pair of crossed legs, and

I thence carry the free ends of the cord under and about the rung b from its rear side, leading one end of the cord through a suitable loop or eye 6 connected with one of the pair of short legs I), and thereafter connect the said end in any suitable manner with the lower end of one of said legs a. The other end of the cord is likewise threaded through a suitable loop or eye 6 on the other leg Z) of the pair of short legs and then made fast to the other leg of the pairctin the manner above referred to. It will be obvious that the cord so combined and arranged with relation to the lower ends of the crossed legs may readily be adjusted at the middle of its length to engage any one of the notches of the adjusting bar or device f and that according to which of these notches is engaged by the cord the lower ends of the crossed legs resting on the floor will spread more or less, the greater the extent of spreading of said lower ends the lower the position of the top, and vice versa.

From the above description it will be seen that my leg-holding means is a flexible doubled one, thus forming a two-part holding means, one member thereof connecting those legs of each pair which are at one side of the table and the other member connecting those legs of the pairs that are on the other side of the table, the central portion or loop being adapted to be connected with any one of the notches of the adjusting device to permit of the adjustment ofthe table to any desired height.

By means of my form of leg-holding means the lower ends of the legs are braced, so as to prevent their yielding, and by using a single cord which is doubled the four legs of the table are so tied together that any weight on the top of the table operates to steady the same.

The table may be readily closed and set aside to take up the least amount of room by turning the legs I? about the pivot c, so as to bring the lower ends of said legs between the lower ends of the legs a, the upper ends of said legs I) folding in between the upper ends of the legs a, when the top d will swing about the pivot 01 and rest upon the pairs of folded legs, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and in this folding operation the flexible holding member 6 takes care of itself without any handling on the part of the operator.

While I have illustrated my invention as applied to an ironing-table wherein the top is pivoted to one pair of legs and rests freely upon the ends of the other pair of legs, it

will be obvious that theinvcntion is not limited to such use, but may be applied to any table of this nature which comprises two pairs of crossed legs forming a support for a top.

Having described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a table, a top, and two pairs of crossed legs pivoted together between their ends and furnishing a support for-the top, a double flexible holding means connecting the lower ends of the crossed legs below their pivotal point, said means comprising two members and a central loop, each member connecting those legs of each pair on the same side of the table, and an adjusting device adapted to be engaged by the loop for adjusting the height of the table.

2. In a table, atop, and two pairs of crossed legs pivoted together between their ends and furnishing a support for the top, flexible holding means connecting the lower ends of the crossed legs below their pivotal point, said holding means comprising a doubled cord, each member of said holding means being slidingly connected with one leg of one pair and connected to one leg of the other pair, and an adjusting device carried by one pair of legs and adapted to be engaged by the central part or loop of the cord.

3. In a table, a top, and two pairs of crossed legs pivoted together between their ends and furnishinga support for the top, flexible holding means connecting the lower ends of the crossed legs below their pivotal point, said holding means comprising a double cord, each member of which slidingly engages an eye on one leg of one pair and is fixedly connected to one leg of the other pair, and an adjusting device carried by the first-mentioned pair of legs, the central part or loop of the cord being passed around a rung on said firstmentioned pair of legs and connected with the adjusting device.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE W. BUSS.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. GREGORY, MARY D. CLEMENTS.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 664,122, granted December 18, 1900, upon the application of George W. Buss, of Canton, Massachusetts, for an improvement in Ironing-Tables, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction, as follows: In line 87, page 2, the Word double should read doubled; and

that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oifice.

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 8th day of January, A. D., 1901.

[SEAL] F. L. CAMPBELL,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Gountersigned O. H. DUELL,

Commissioner of Patents. 

